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Urological knowledge among primary health care physicians in Saudi Arabia

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the general knowledge among primary health care (PHC) physicians regarding the management of common urological problems in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This is an observational prospective study, where a self-administered questionnaire was distributed to practicing PHC physicians i...

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Autores principales: Nassir, Anmar M., Baazeem, Abdulaziz, Saada, Hesham, Elkoushy, Mohamed A., Badr, Hattan, Bahuwyrith, Mawaddah, Melebari, Haitham A., Nasser, Jomanah, Azhar, Raed A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Medical Journal 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6535177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31056626
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.5.24080
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author Nassir, Anmar M.
Baazeem, Abdulaziz
Saada, Hesham
Elkoushy, Mohamed A.
Badr, Hattan
Bahuwyrith, Mawaddah
Melebari, Haitham A.
Nasser, Jomanah
Azhar, Raed A.
author_facet Nassir, Anmar M.
Baazeem, Abdulaziz
Saada, Hesham
Elkoushy, Mohamed A.
Badr, Hattan
Bahuwyrith, Mawaddah
Melebari, Haitham A.
Nasser, Jomanah
Azhar, Raed A.
author_sort Nassir, Anmar M.
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description OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the general knowledge among primary health care (PHC) physicians regarding the management of common urological problems in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This is an observational prospective study, where a self-administered questionnaire was distributed to practicing PHC physicians in the western region of Saudi Arabia on January 2017. The questionnaire consisted of 21-item questions, inquiring about demographics and general urological knowledge and skills. The management of common urological problems was assessed by case scenarios for specific urological condition, including urethral catheterization, definition and evaluation of hematuria, recognition of age-specific increase in prostatic specific antigen (PSA), and management of lower urinary tract symptoms. RESULTS: A total of 148 questionnaires were distributed, with a response rate of 75.7%, where 112 respondents completed the questionnaires, including 54.3% residents, 39% general practitioners, and 5.4% specialists. Fifty-seven percent of respondents were males and 68% were Saudi practitioners. A higher number of respondents expressed that they were able to catheterize a male than female patient (56.5% versus 34.3%). Only 6.4% of respondents defined microscopic hematuria accurately. Knowledge about hematuria, serum prostate specific antigen and overactive bladder was low in all groups. Apart from hematuria, seeking urological consultations was less than 35% for all other disease entities. CONCLUSION: Urological knowledge among PHC physicians seems to be insufficient. Significant percentages of the participants were unable to catheterize a female patient, did not know the definition of hematuria; and whether to ask for urological consultations in cases of hematuria, increased PSA, and overactive bladder.
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spelling pubmed-65351772019-06-12 Urological knowledge among primary health care physicians in Saudi Arabia Nassir, Anmar M. Baazeem, Abdulaziz Saada, Hesham Elkoushy, Mohamed A. Badr, Hattan Bahuwyrith, Mawaddah Melebari, Haitham A. Nasser, Jomanah Azhar, Raed A. Saudi Med J Original Article OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the general knowledge among primary health care (PHC) physicians regarding the management of common urological problems in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This is an observational prospective study, where a self-administered questionnaire was distributed to practicing PHC physicians in the western region of Saudi Arabia on January 2017. The questionnaire consisted of 21-item questions, inquiring about demographics and general urological knowledge and skills. The management of common urological problems was assessed by case scenarios for specific urological condition, including urethral catheterization, definition and evaluation of hematuria, recognition of age-specific increase in prostatic specific antigen (PSA), and management of lower urinary tract symptoms. RESULTS: A total of 148 questionnaires were distributed, with a response rate of 75.7%, where 112 respondents completed the questionnaires, including 54.3% residents, 39% general practitioners, and 5.4% specialists. Fifty-seven percent of respondents were males and 68% were Saudi practitioners. A higher number of respondents expressed that they were able to catheterize a male than female patient (56.5% versus 34.3%). Only 6.4% of respondents defined microscopic hematuria accurately. Knowledge about hematuria, serum prostate specific antigen and overactive bladder was low in all groups. Apart from hematuria, seeking urological consultations was less than 35% for all other disease entities. CONCLUSION: Urological knowledge among PHC physicians seems to be insufficient. Significant percentages of the participants were unable to catheterize a female patient, did not know the definition of hematuria; and whether to ask for urological consultations in cases of hematuria, increased PSA, and overactive bladder. Saudi Medical Journal 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6535177/ /pubmed/31056626 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.5.24080 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Nassir, Anmar M.
Baazeem, Abdulaziz
Saada, Hesham
Elkoushy, Mohamed A.
Badr, Hattan
Bahuwyrith, Mawaddah
Melebari, Haitham A.
Nasser, Jomanah
Azhar, Raed A.
Urological knowledge among primary health care physicians in Saudi Arabia
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title_full Urological knowledge among primary health care physicians in Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Urological knowledge among primary health care physicians in Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Urological knowledge among primary health care physicians in Saudi Arabia
title_short Urological knowledge among primary health care physicians in Saudi Arabia
title_sort urological knowledge among primary health care physicians in saudi arabia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6535177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31056626
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.5.24080
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